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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

Cars That Think

It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment. The wind part of the project plans a total of 3,000 megawatts from wind farms it will build in three counties in New Mexico. But this satellite is the first of a new breed, dubbed microGEO.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

18:54 CST – A question about Tesla’s dry battery electrode efforts was asked. Drew Baglino noted that Giga Texas already makes dry electrode batteries. But the team is back, and Elon comes out and shows a render of Giga Mexico. Giga Mexico will be built in Monterrey. Every week, the program makes progress.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

And oil only seems cheap. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. As batteries get cheaper and smaller, and motors get light enough to fit inside wheels, we’ll be able to upgrade smaller cars. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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Could Sucking Up the Seafloor Solve Battery Shortage?

Cars That Think

Reeling from a crushing shortage of semiconductor chips for vehicles, carmakers also face another looming crisis: producing enough batteries to drive the global pivot towards electric vehicles. Texas is top of The Metals Company's list for the processing plant given the state's ports and access to cheap renewables. "We

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night.

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Canada reportedly preparing tariffs on Chinese EVs to align with US and EU trade partners

Baua Electric

As the EU conducted its probe, the US, led by the Biden Administration, wasted no time upping the duties on Chinese EV imports in the US, raising tariffs from 25% to a whopping 100%. The EU Commission followed suit, threatening its own tariffs before even sharing the results of its probe. This story is ongoing.

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